May 22

• Nigeria: DPP Says It's Not Merging With Any Political Party

  The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) says it is not in any merger with any political party or association. Read more »

• Nigeria: Controversy - Caesarian Section, the Rule or Option?

  THE joy of every woman is to deliver her baby normally. This is in spite of the many travails associated with pregnancy and delivery. Before now, the most available or preferred... Read more »

• Nigeria: Emergency Rule - Gunmen Shot Dead Fuel Station Manager in Borno

  Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members , yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Read more »

• Nigeria: Court Sentences Banker to Six Months in Prison for Breach of Trust

  Bello Jimoh, a 52-year-old banker, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment, by a Karu Senior Magistrates' Court for misappropriating N621,387 in his custody. Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan Rewards Golden Eaglets, African Under-18 Athletics Champions

  President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced various forms of cash reward to members of the national under-17 male football team and Nigeria's medalists at the maiden African... Read more »

• Nigeria: Tuface, Ras Kimono, Faze, Others Clean Up Lagos Streets, Feed Hungry Destitutes

  Some artistes in the Nigerian music industry on Tuesday turned out en masse to clean up the streets of Lagos, feed the hungry and visit the homeless. Read more »

• Nigeria: Pop Duo Bracket Releases Hot New Video 'Temperature'

  After a really good scare from Vast who was diagnosed with Lymphoma ( a form of cancer of the blood) a while back but successfully underwent treatment in a UK hospital; the group... Read more »

• Nigeria: Dana Plane Crash Inquest - Pathologist Cross-Examination Fixed for July 3

  The coroner's inquest into the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash on Tuesday fixed July 3 for further cross-examination of a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos... Read more »

• Nigeria: 2015 - Buhari Will Support a Formidable Candidate - CPC

  The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Tuesday said its national leader and 2011 presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari is ready to give maximal support a more formidable... Read more »

• Nigeria: Large Crowd Receive Achebe's Body At Enugu Airport

  The remains of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and were received by a large crowd of people from his home... Read more »

• Nigeria: Chukwu Tasks NFF, Other Football Administrators On Spectatorships

  An ex-international, Christain Chukwu, on Tuesday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and other football authorities in the country, to urgently address the issue of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Senate Backs Emergency Rule

  Against all expectations, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday,unanimously backed the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last week, by President Goodluck Jonathan,... Read more »

• Nigeria: My Wife Is Too Lazy, Husband Tells Court

  Malam Wahab Ahmed of Ojagboro area, Ilorin, on Tuesday, told an Ilorin Area Court that he was seeking for divorce from his wife, Abike Wahab, for her lazy nature and "I don't care... Read more »

• Nigeria: A Presidency Recharged! [opinion]

  No one can say tomorrow, Simon Peter, one of the top associates of Jesus warned, when he wrote that "a day with the Lord is like a thousand years and a thousand years like a day." Read more »

• Nigeria: 35-Year-Old, Cobbler Nabbed Over Rape

  Police in Bayelsa State have announced the prosecution of a 35-year-old man, Nathaniel Elaweremi, for allegedly raping a teenager. Also arrested is a cobbler, identified as Adamu... Read more »

• Nigeria: Declaration of Emergency Rule Not Way Out - COSEG

  The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Group, COSEG, has described the declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states as an aberration, noting that it would... Read more »

• Nigeria: 2015 - Dokubo Vows to Fight Opposition, Bullet for Bullet

  FOUNDER of Niger Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has said that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop President Goodluck... Read more »

• Nigeria: Benin Youths Issue 7-Day Ultimatum to RCC Over Sacked Workers

  Bini Development Union, BDU, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, operating in the state, to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Maiduguri Is Safe, Irabor Tells Sharks

  Chairman of the League Management Company, Honourable Nduka Irabor has said that the alarm being raised by Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt over the security situation in... Read more »

• Nigeria: Anambra to Flush Out Hoodlums From Motor Parks

  Anambra State government, yesterday, moved to flush out hoodlums in motor parks in Onitsha, following a recent clash between two factions of the miscreants that allegedly resulted... Read more »

• Nigeria: Army Nabs 9 Fulani 'Mercenaries' Over Benue Bloodbath

  After weeks of bloody conflict between Fulani herdsmen and Benue farmers, nine of the suspected Fulani mercenaries have been arrested and arraigned before a Makurdi Chief... Read more »

• Nigeria: Urhobo Urged to Stop Supporting Opposition Parties

  PRESIDENT of Urhobo Democratic Assembly, UDA, Chief Arthur Akpowowo, has charged the Urhobo nation to desist from embracing opposition parties and give their unflinching support to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Lagos Commences Implementation of Land Use Law July 31

  Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it would commence full implementation of the new Land Use Law in the state from July 31, 2013. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for... Read more »

• Nigeria: Harambee Stars Beg for Funds to 'Beat' Eagles

  Football Kenya Federation has made a passionate appeal to prospective sponsors, the government and well wishers to step in and assist the national team Harambee Stars financially... Read more »

• Nigeria: Fake Drugs - NAFDAC Records Big Haul

  Last week in Lagos, it was the end of the road for a suspected representative of a cartel of drug counterfeiters based in China when operatives of the National Agency for Food and... Read more »